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moonless

American  
[moon-lis] / ˈmun lɪs /

adjective

  1. not lit by the moon; without the moon being visible, usually because it is in a new moon phase or because the sky is too overcast.

  2. (of a world or planet, such as Venus or Mercury) not orbited by a moon.


Example Sentences

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Ask yourself why so many predatory animals can see perfectly on a moonless night.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026

On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne sits inside a makeshift, two-room house, exhausted after a gruelling shift picking and sorting roses.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

Osman Taha, a badly wounded officer in the Sudanese military, as he crossed the Nile on a moonless night last November.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

The best views of the meteors happen when the sky is dark and moonless.

From National Geographic • Apr. 21, 2023

I left the yard, closing the gate behind me noisily, so they could hear me leaving even in the moonless night.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall